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A must see if you are at all interested in history. Displays are set up in the individual cells allowing you to get a feel of how small they really are. Was a very informative learning experience. The staff was very polite and helpful. One...More

This museum exceeds any set expectations you have when you enter. It is absolutely fabulous, informative, has great exhibits in over 35 actual cells, and it is well worth a stop here. Anyone interested in history, wardens, prison life and what inmates do in their...More

This museum is located in what was the former women's prison, built in the 1930s. Before the women's prison was built, the women were housed in the same facility as the men,( which is still in operation next door). The museum details the prison history...More

I think my kids would have gotten bored and you can't touch anything but we took the self guided tour as a couple, the displays we're done so well and really open your eyes how prison life was a generation ago, each real cell you...More

This is a non-profit, privately funded museum. They have some interesting local artifacts and do a great job preserving the history for future generations. It is located on the site of an active prison "old Max". Parking is limited but available for free. The gift...More

If you want a taste of prison history with fascinating stories about ex-convicts and how they lived there lives, then this is the place to go. Took me two hours to go through and I didn't even finish all the reading material on the walls....More

I had family visiting from New York who were looking forward to going to the prison museum thinking it would be a realistic tour of the prison in Canon City. It is 8 dollars for any person over age 12 and we paid and went...More

My family and I went in and were met with some very friendly staff and they told us about the place, then let us wonder around. Very interesting history of the place and it is right next to the still active prison. Stop in and...More

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